Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime()
Date: 2004-08-27 19:18:20
Message-ID: 1839.1093634300@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> I don't have the time now to review the impact, but this might make
> interpreting the log filename difficult or impossible, effectively
> corrupting pg_logdir_ls.

So if you want to use that, you use a format that it can cope with.
I don't see a problem.

(This is probably an OK reason to keep the default log_filename in
Y/M/D/H/M/S style, though, rather than ".epoch" style.)

regards, tom lane

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